In the wake of what had been a 48-game losing streak, the Redhawk softball team ended last week on a high note by welcoming back to the mound injured starting pitcher Addison Hochstetler and beating the Baxter Bolts, 11-10, on Friday, June 10, at home — breaking a three year-long losing ...
Members of the tightknit Traer Fire community have mobilized quickly in recent days to help one of their own – firefighter and young father Nick Riley, 44 – as he undergoes the fight of his life against Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Last Sunday, June 5, as the department was working northeast ...
The piano students of Sharon Owens and Carri Holst held two recitals on April 23 and April 24, at the Kupka Cultural Center in the Traer Public Library. Twenty students performed, ranging in age from first grade to 10th grade. Following the program, a reception to congratulate the ...
After peppering much of the eastern half of Tama County with his signature signs, Curt Hilmer of Dysart was triumphant Tuesday night in the race for the Republican nomination for District 1 Supervisor – winning resoundingly with more than 41 percent of the vote share and beating three other ...
Iowans awoke this past Memorial Day with the nation's flags already flying at half staff in honor of the victims of the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas – making the ceremonies held across the communities of Clutier and Dysart on Monday, May 30, and Traer on May 29, in memory of America’s fallen ...
North Tama Elementary held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, May 24, to welcome a new book vending machine. Principal Susan Johnson cut the ribbon and welcomed the first users of the new machine. For the first round of books, staff members were asked to submit students’ names who have ...
For a trio of Tama County Vietnam Veterans, Wednesday, May 11, will certainly remain in their hearts and minds as a day of both joy and somber reflection – the day each man visited Washington, D.C. for both the very first time and as a member of the 27th Sullivan Hartogh Davis Cedar Valley ...
An asphalt resurfacing project on U.S. 63 from the intersection of Iowa 96 to Traer will require closing U.S. 63 beginning Monday, May 23, at 7:00 a.m. through Fall 2022, weather permitting. During this closure, traffic will be detoured around the work zone. The detour route will use Tama ...
A car fire was quickly put out last Thursday afternoon in downtown Traer thanks to the swift response of the Traer Fire Department. Shortly after 3:00 p.m. on May 12, an older Chevy Camaro which had been driven around town earlier in the day by its owner – while no doubt finally enjoying the ...
North Tama County Community High School held Commencement for the Class of 2022 this past Sunday, May 15, in the gym, sending 39 seniors off to “new beginnings,” in the words of Superintendent David Hill. “Many of you entered these halls as young, impressionable five-year-olds,” Hill ...